Issue - meetings

To approve the principle of agreeing the surrender of the current lease and the granting of a new lease of the Skate Park adjacent to the Swimming Pool, Low Road Recreation Ground, Dovercourt.

That Cabinet approved, in principle, the surrender of the current lease and the granting of a new lease of the site to the Lessees.

Councillor I J Henderson declared a non-pecuniary interest in this item insofar as he was a member of Harwich Town Council.

There was submitted a report by the Portfolio Holder for Enforcement and Community Safety (Report A.6), which sought Cabinet’s approval, in principle, for the surrender of the current lease and the granting of a new lease of the skate park adjacent to the swimming pool at Low Road Recreation Ground, Dovercourt.

Cabinet was informed that the current tenants, Harwich Town Council (HTC), had taken a Lease over the land on Low Road Recreation Ground in 2002 and had built the skate park.  HTC had now advised this Council that the current facility was now over 10 years old and becoming more expensive to repair and maintain.  HTC were proposing to fully replace the skate park and wished to apply for grant funding to do this.  The current Lease was due to expire in 2023 and in order to qualify for a grant HTYC needed a longer unexpired term.

It was the Officers’ recommendation that the surrender of the current Lease be accepted and a new 21 year Lease be granted in accordance with the Heads of Terms set out in item B.1 of the Report of the Portfolio Holder for Enforcement and Community Safety.

Having considered the information provided together with the advice of Officers:-

It was moved by Councillor G V Guglielmi, seconded by Councillor Watling and:-

RESOLVED that Cabinet approves, in principle, the surrender of the current lease and the granting of a new lease of the site to the Lessees.